Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP against Hunger: Relief work continues 24/7 Food packet deliveries made even over the weekend to families in need
08-Apr-2020
CJP has been at work non-stop to help provide rations and essentials to low-income families across Mumbai to help them tide over the Covid-19 lockdown. Our relief efforts are on day and night and even on the weekends. On Saturday, April 4, Teesta Setalvad, made arrangements for relief supplies for 50 families in Beed in…
CJP against Hunger: Team Assam goes that extra mile to distribute rations to quarantined families, families of detainees CJP team in Assam has even mobilised the community to ensure aid reaches more people
07-Apr-2020
CJP’s campaign in Assam has taken a new colour given the prevailing lockdown situation in the entire country. Labourers, daily wage earners, sex workers, people from low in come families in containment zones and migrant workers are few sections of the society which have benefitted from the relentless efforts of the CJP team in Mumbai…
CJP against Hunger: Almost 1,500 families served in one day! Part of CJP’s campaign with Prayas, Ek Koshish amidst the Covid-19 lockdown
06-Apr-2020
On Friday, April 3, CJP undertook the preparation and delivery of the single largest consignment of relief supplies for low-income families in one day. With our partners at Prayas, Ek Koshish, we provided groceries and essential supplies for 1,489 families. As you know, we have been working with Prayas, Ek Koshish, a humanitarian aid organisation working…
COVID-19 Crisis: CJP’s commitment to Mumbai’s migrant workers We are committed to support the countless migrant families in dire need of help in this hour of crisis
06-Apr-2020
CJP is providing essential supplies and ration for 250 construction workers at Gorai in Mumbai. The migrant workers are native to the Marathwada region in Maharashtra. With the country-wide lockdown, they have to deal with acute shortage of basic resources on a daily basis. Battling state-wide transport lockdown, CJP team continues to reach out to…
How the CJP Team braves all hurdles to fight hunger Amid the CoVid-19 Lockdown, CJP is ensuring that nobody goes to sleep hungry
04-Apr-2020
Ever since the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, CJP’s chief concern has been to ensure nobody goes to bed hungry. The nationwide lockdown has adversely impacted the livelihood of daily-wage earners. People in low-income jobs. Families of thela wallas, taxi and auto rickshaw drivers, vegetable vendors, carpenters, scrap purchasers,…
CJP against Hunger: Rations and essentials provided to migrant workers Some of them were trapped in containment zones facing starvation!
03-Apr-2020
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic forced the entire nation into a lockdown, migrant workers have suffered a sudden loss of livelihood. CJP has been receiving appeals for help from many such families across Mumbai. Teesta Setalvad who leads CJP and is a journalist and human rights worker with several decades of work behind her, has a…
CJP Provides Relief to needy families from the North-East We partnered with the Tangkhul Community to provide ration to 50 low income families
02-Apr-2020
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, people from North Eastern states have been at the receiving end of racial slurs and social ostracism. Our fellow Indians are being accused of not only being Chinese, but also spreading the virus! This has impacted their social mobility, including simple things as stepping out to get groceries. The…
COVID-19 संकट: गैर-चिकित्सा राहत में लगे लोगों के लिए दिशानिर्देश कोरोनावायरस संकट के समय में पालन करने की 13 महत्वपूर्ण बातें
02-Apr-2020
यहां सभी रहत कार्य करने वालों के लिए एक संक्षिप्त 13 महत्वपूर्ण बिंदुओं की चेकलिस्ट है, ख़ास कर उनके लिए जो संकट के इस समय में नागरिकों को गैर-चिकित्सा राहत प्रदान करने में लगे हुए हैं। यह आवश्यक है कि रहत कार्य से जुड़े वालंटियर आवश्यक आपूर्ति वाले समुदायों की मदद करने से पहले बुनियादी दिशानिर्देशों का सावधानीपूर्वक पालन करें।…
CJP fighting against hunger against all odds Team CJP is soldiering on, providing relief to the needy and the hungry, amid CoVid-19 lockdown
01-Apr-2020
Since the CoVid-19 lockdown was called, more than a week ago, the food supplies have dried up. Hence in the past few days, our teams spread out to acquire supplies, in the midst of a transport strike. Armed with face-masks, gloves, sanitisers and often walking long distances to make purchases, we and our partner organisations…
Covid-19: Notifications and advisories issued by Indian states A comprehensive resource on where to find all coronavirus related communication by various state governments
01-Apr-2020
While central government started gearing up for COVID 19 sometime in February, there were some states like Kerala and Madhya Pradesh which had started issuing Covid-19 related preventive measures in January itself. Here is a ready reckoner for accessing these notifications and orders with respect to COVID19 issued by states and Union Territories (UT) and…